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AGREEMENT 


BETWEEN 


THE SHEET METAL 
CONTRACTORS 
ASSOCIATION 


AND THE 


AMALGAMATED 
SHEET METAL WORKERS UNION 


No. 73, of Chicago and Cook Co. 


Union Meets Every Tuesday Evening, at 198 East 
Madison St. Tel. Main 4575 


Chis Agreement, made this 2nd 
day of January, 1902, by and between The 
Sheet Metal Contractors’ Association (Em- 
ployers’ Association), party of the first part, 
and Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers’ 
Union, No. 73, of Chicago and Cook County, 
party of the second part, for the purpose of es- 
tablishing a wage scale and working rules for 
Cook County only, and for the further pur- 
pose of preventing strikes and lockouts and 
facilitating a peaceful adjustment of all griev- 
ances and disputes, which may, from time to 
time, arise between the employer and mechan- 
ics in the Sheet Metal trade. 


2. No Outside Interference. \WITNESSETH, 
That both parties to this agreement hereby 
covenant and agree that they will not tolerate 
nor recognize any right of any other associa- 
tion, union, council or body of men, not direct- 
ly parties hereto, to interfere in any way with 
the carrying out of this agreement; and that 
they will use all lawful means to compel their 
members to comply with the arbitration agree- 
ment and working rules as jointly agreed upon 
and adopted. 

3. Principles upon which this Agreement 
1s Based. Both parties hereto this day hereby 
adopt the following principles as an absolute 
basis for their joint working rules, and to goy- 

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ern the action of the Joint Arbitration Board 
as hereinafter provided for. 


1. That there shall be no limitation as to the 
amount of work a man shall perform during 
his working day. 

2. That there shall be no restriction of the use of 
machinery or tools. 

3. That there shall be no restriction of the use 

- of any manufactured materials except prison- 
made. 


4. That no person shall have the right to interfere 
with workmen during working hours. 

5. That the use of apprentices shall not be pro- 
hibited. 

6. That the foreman shall be the agent of the em- 
ployer. 

7. That all workmen are at liberty to work for 
whomsoever they see fit. 

8. That all employers are at liberty to employ and 


discharge whomsoever they see fit. 


(EXPLANATION To 7 anv 8. This means that 
these are rights of the individual workman, and the 
individual employer and are not to be interfered 
with by any rule, regulation or threat of fine or pun- 
ishment by either party hereto.) 

4. Hours. Hight hours shall consti- 
tute a day’s work, except on Saturdays during 
the months of June, July and August, when 
work may stop at twelve o’clock noon, ea 
four hours pay for the day. 


5. Overtime. Time and one-half shall be 
paid for overtime. Work done between the 
heurs of 5 p. m. and Io p. m. and also Satur- 
day afternoons during the months of June, 


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July and August shall be paid for as overtime, 
when only one shift of men are employed on 
the job. From Io p. m. till 8 a. m. double time 
shall be paid when same shift is employed. 


6. Holidays. Double time to be paid for 
work done on Sundays throughout the year 
and also for work done on the following five 
holidays (or days celebrated as such) : Decor- 
ation day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving day, 
Christmas and New Year’s day, Sunday and 
Holiday time to cover any time during the 24 
hours of the said calendar days. 


7. Extra Shifts. Where work is carried on 
with two or three shifts of men, working eight 
hours each, then only single time shall be paid 
for both night and day work.during week days 
and double time for Sunday and the above 
mentioned holidays. 


8. Labor Day. No work shall be done on 
Labor day. 


9. Wages. The minimum rate of wages to 
be paid shall be 42% cents per hour, payable 
in lawful money of the United States. 


10. Car Fare. Car fare for men working 
outside of shop in excess of that used between 
residence and shop shall be paid by employer. 


11. This agreement to apply to all jour- 
neymen sheet metal workers, now members of 
the second party as‘per list to be furnished by 

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second party not later than February 5th, 1902. 

Journeymen sheet metal workers who be- 
come members of the second party after the 
date hereof must be approved by a committee 
of the Joint Arbitration Board before their 
names can be put on said list. 

It is further agreed that no journeyman 
member of the second party whose name is or 
may be placed on said list will work at any 
employment competitive to any member of the 
first party for less than 42% cents per hour 
nor under other rules than those herein. 


12. Pay Day. It is agreed that journey- 
men shall be paid at least once every two weeks 
and not later than Wednesday. 


13. Working with Non-Union Men. Mem- 
bers of the second party shall work with non- 
union sheet metal workers on any building or 
in any shop, or job, if a sufficient number of 
union sheet metal workers cannot be furnished. 

No member or members affiliated with the 
second party shall leave the work of the party 
of the first part because non-union men in 
scme other line of work or trade are employed 
on a building, or in the shop or job where said 
second party is employed. 


14. Foreman. The Foreman—if a union 
man—shall not be subject to the rules of his 
union while acting as foreman, and no fines 
shall be entered against him by his union for 

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any cause whatever, while acting in such ca- 
pacity; it being understood that a Foreman 
shall be a competent mechanic in his trade and 
be subject to the decisions of the Joint Arbi- 
tration Board. A foreman is a man who has 
general charge of all work in shop or depart- 
ment thereof, and also a man who has charge 
of all outside work. 


15. Steward. Whenever two or more jour- 
neymen members of the second party are work- 
ing together, a Steward may be selected by 
them from their number to represent them, who 
shall, while acting as Steward, be subject only 
to the rules and decisions of the Joint Arbitra- 
tion Board. No salary shall be paid to a jour- 
neyman for acting as Steward. He shall not 
leave his work or interfere with workmen dur- 
ing working hours and shall perform his duties 
as Steward so as not to interfere with his duty 
to his employer. He shall always, while at 
work, carry a copy of the working rules with 
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16. Apprentices. Each employer shall have 
the right to teach his trade to apprentices, and 
the said apprentices shall serve for a period of 
not less than four years, as prescribed in the 
apprentice rules to be agreed upon by the Joint 
Arbitration Board, and shall be subject to con-_ 
trol of the said Joint Arbitration Board. 


17. Arbitration. Both parties hereto agree 


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that any and all disputes between any member 
or members of the Employers’ Association on 
one side, and any member or members of the 
Union, on the other side, during the life of this 
agreement, shall be settled by arbitration in 
the manner hereinafter provided for, and for | 
that purpose both parties hereto agree that 
they will, at their annual election of each year, 
elect an Arbitration Committee to serve one 
year and until their successors are elected and 
qualified. In case of death, expulsion, removal 
or disqualification of a member or members on 
the Arbitration Committee, such vacancy shall 
be filled by the Association or Union, at its 
next regular meeting. The Arbitration Com- 
mittee for each of the two parties hereto shall 
consist of five members, and they shall meet 
not later than the fourth Thursday of January 
each year in joint session, when they shall 
organize a Joint Arbitration Board by electing 
a president, secretary, treasurer and umpire. 
The Joint Arbitration Board shall have full 
power to enforce this agreement entered into 
between the parties hereto, and to make and 
enforce all lawful working rules governing 
both parties. No strikes, lock-outs or stop- 
page of work shall be resorted to, pending the 
decision of the Joint Arbitration Board. When 
a dispute or grievance arises between a jour- 
neyman and employer (parties hereto) or an 
apprentice and his employer, the question at 
issue shall be submitted in writing to the presi- 
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dents of the two organizations, and upon their 
failure to agree and settle it, or if one party to 
the dispute is dissatisfied with the decision, it 
shall then be submitted to the Joint Arbitration 
Board at their next regular meeting. If the 
Joint Arbitration Board is unable to agree, the 
umpire shall be requested to sit with them, and 
after he has heard the evidence, cast the decid- 
ing vote. All verdicts shall be decided by ma- 
jority vote, by secret ballot, be rendered in 
writing, and be final and binding on all the 
parties to the dispute. 


The question of placing additional names 
on the list provided for by section eleven, shall 
be entirely in the control of the Joint Arbitra- 
tion Board subject to said article eleven and to 
the rest of this agreement. 


18. Umpire. An Umpire shall be selected 
who is in nowise affiliated or identified with 
the building industry, nor an incumbent of a 
political elective office. 


19. Meetings. The Joint Arbitration Board 
shall meet to transact routine business the first 
Wednesday in January, April, July and Octo- 
ber, but special meetings shall be called on 
twenty-four hours’ notice by the president 
upon application of three members. 

The Joint Arbitration Board has the right to 
summon any member or members affiliated 
with either party hereto against whom com- 

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plaints are lodged for breaking this agreement 
or working rules, and also appear as witness. 
The summons shall be handed to the president 
of the association or union to which the mem- 
ber belongs and he shall cause the member o1 
members to be notified to appear before the 
Joint Arbitration Board on date set. 


20. Fines for Non-Attendance at Witness. 
Failure to appear when notified, except (in the 
opinion of the Board) valid excuse is given, 
shall subject a member to a fine of twenty-five 
dollars for the first offense, fifty for the second 
and suspension for the third. 


21. Salaries. The salary of each represen- 
tative on the Joint Arbitration Board shall be 
paid by the Association or Union he represents 


22. Quorum. Seven members present shall 
constitute a quorum in the Joint Arbitration 
Board but the chairman of each of the two 
Arbitration Committees shall have the right tc 
cast the vote in the Joint Arbitration Board for 
any absent member of his committee. 


23. Fines as Result of Arbitration. Any 
member or members affiliated with either of 
the two parties hereto, violating any part of 
this agreement or working rules established by 
the Joint Arbitration Board, shall be subject 
to a fine of from ten to two hundred dollars, 
which fine shall be collected by the president . 
of the Association or Union to which the of- 

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fending member or members belong, and by 
him paid to the treasurer of the Joint Arbitra- 
tion Board not later than thirty days after the 
date of levying of the fine. 

If the fine is not paid by the offender or of- 
fenders it shall be paid out of the treasyrry of 
the Association or Union of which the offend- 
er or offenders were members at the time the 
fine was levied against him or them, and with- 
in sixty days of date of levying same; or in 
lieu thereof the Association or Union to which 
he or they belonged shall suspend the offender 
or offenders and officially certify such suspen- 
sion to the Joint Arbitration Board within six- 
ty days from the time of fining, and the Joint 
Arbitration Board shall cause the suspension 
decree to be read by the presidents of both the 
Association and Union at their regular meet- 
ing and then post said decree for 60 days in 
the meeting rooms of the Association and 
Union. No one who has been suspended from 
membership in the Association or Union for 
neglect or refusal to abide by the decisions of 
the Joint Arbitration Board can be again ad- 
mitted to membership except by paying his 
fine or by unanimous consent of the Joint Arbi- 
tration Board. 

All fines assessed by the Joint Arbitration 
Board and collected during the year shall be 


equally divided between the two parties hereto 
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by the Joint Arbitration Board at the last reg- 
ular meeting in October. 

24. Rules for Arbitration Board and for 
Parties Hereto. All disputes arbitrated under 
this agreement must be settled by the Joint 
Arbitration Board, in conformity with the 
principles and agreements herein contained, 
and nothing herein can be changed by the 
Joint Arbitration Board. 

No by-laws or rules, conflicting with this 
agreement or working rules agreed upon, shall 
be passed or enforced by either party hereto 
against any of its affiliated members in good 
standing. 

25. Termination. It is agreed by the par- 
ties hereto that this agreement shall be in force 
between the parties hereto until April Ist, 
1903. 

26. Withdrawal from the Building Trades 
Council. This agreement shall only become 
operative when the Union withdraws perma- 
nently from the Building Trades Council of 
Chicago, and agrees not to become affiliated 
with any organization of a like character dur- 
ing the life of the agreement. 

27. On behalf of the party of the first part: 

James A. Miller, 

J. W. Mathis, 
Johnston H. McIlroy, 
Frank Boightmann, 
Harry Knisely. 

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28. On behalf of the party of the second 
part: 
Fred. A. Pouchot, 
Ed. Hogan, 
B. A. Schooley, 
Thos. Redding. 


29. In accordance with the power created 
by our Union, we have this day withdrawn 
from the Building Trades Council of Chicago, 
and agree not to become affiliated with any 
organization of a like character during the life 
of this agreement. 


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